Doubling Season's text answers that for ya: A "permanent you control" is a card with a permanent type that is on the battlefield. Curse of the Cabal is not a permanent (it's a sorcery, as you...
Liked On: 12-18-2011, 10:43 PM
No. A creature with shroud cannot be the target of spells or abilities. Aura spells target when they are cast, so you can't target a creature with shroud when casting Protective Bubble. On the...
Liked On: 12-13-2011, 09:31 PM
"Prevent all damage that would be dealt to Uncle Istvan by creatures." Nothing about that sentence implies that trample damage is prevented. If a creature with trample attacks, and Uncle Istvan...
Liked On: 12-10-2011, 11:00 AM
And? Soldevi Steam Beast's triggered ability will only trigger when it becomes tapped. This means it must start out untapped, and then become tapped. While Sleep does indeed affect all creatures...
Liked On: 12-07-2011, 12:47 AM
Nope. That's never been the case. Just as a refresher, here's what the comprehensive rules have to say about opponents: And then, going back to rules 102.2 and 102.3: If an opponent...
Liked On: 12-04-2011, 03:59 AM
You mean, "does tapping a Mountain" enchanted with Caustic Tar, right? Sine Sanctimony only triggers when a Mountain is tapped for mana. Regardless, the answer is this:Sanctimony only triggers if...
Liked On: 11-28-2011, 02:15 AM
Under normal circumstances, you can't "turn off" infect. However, there are ways for your creatures to lose infect, such as by your opponent having a Melira, Sylvok Outcast on the battlefield.
Liked On: 11-27-2011, 10:38 PM
It has everything to do with the way they're worded. Impatience simply needs you to have cast a spell at some point during the turn. Impatience itself is a spell, so you won't take damage the turn...
Liked On: 11-23-2011, 01:54 AM
You're mistaken. The text of Lush Growth simply means that the enchanted land now has those additional types, and can produce mana of the appropriate colors. Example: an Island with Lush Growth on...
Liked On: 11-14-2011, 09:22 PM
Soul's Might will look at the creature's power as it resolves, and that determines the amount of +1/+1 counters the creature will get. So, in the scenario you provided, your creature would end up...
Liked On: 11-07-2011, 04:17 PM
You're looking at it the wrong way. Footbottom Feast is an instant spell that a player chooses to cast at their own discretion. When it resolves, you follow the instructions on the card in the...
Liked On: 11-01-2011, 05:46 PM
You won't know which creature is going to be affected before Prey Upon is cast -- that's obvious. However, Prey Upon has two distinct targets when cast: "target creature you control" and "target...
Liked On: 10-25-2011, 06:35 PM
You won't know which creature is going to be affected before Prey Upon is cast -- that's obvious. However, Prey Upon has two distinct targets when cast: "target creature you control" and "target...
Liked On: 10-25-2011, 05:44 PM
Marked damage does not reduce a creature's toughness. A Tree of Redemption that was dealt damage by Acceptable Losses is a 0/13 creature with 5 damage marked on it. A creature's toughness is only...
Liked On: 10-11-2011, 02:10 PM
No. When Evil Twin enters the battlefield as a copy of a creature, it also copies that creature's name (as that is one of the creature's copiable values). So, for example, an Evil Twin that...
Liked On: 10-11-2011, 01:45 PM